[FFmpeg-user] DAR of 0:1

Dave Rice dave at dericed.com
Fri May 20 21:01:07 CEST 2016


> On May 20, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Ganesh.Irelan at syda.org wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I want to have ffprobe provide width, height, and DAR for input files for downstream processes.  I notice that an input 16:9 MP4 shows a DAR of 0:1.  Some reading suggests this is a bug.  Can anyone provide additional info?  How is this interpreted by applications?  I am using ffprobe version N-79546-g13406b6.

IIUC this means that the input file does not explicitly state what the DAR value is. If you have a PAR value you could calculate DAR from WIDTH / HEIGHT * PAR.
Dave Rice


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